hello all,
i received this post and sent a simple answer ( it leaves the viewer free to see and experience unimpeded by a title) which is probably not the correct reply. thought maybe someone could give me a better one. bests, carol > So, here a question that I have often gotten an answer for, but the > answer always seems inadequate: > > Why do poets and painters not name their work? > > Untitled always seems popular. > Let's see. People name their cars, their cats, their dogs, their > children, their favorite things. But when it comes to creating something > with their own hands, head and heart, "Untitled" seems popular. > > Why is this? > > I have yet to come across an untitled book. Musicians put an Opus number. > Even buildings get names. And airplanes. > > Stewardess: "Today we are flying in a Douglass Untitled and if you will > pull the untitled from the magazine slot in the untitled in front of > you, we will go through and check the untitled's." > > Minister: "Today we will be reading from Untitled Chapter 3, verses 4-9." > > Politician: "Today I have sponsored Unititled which will allow for ....." > > Mortician: "And which casket would you like for untitled?" > > Doctor: "Yes, you are having a serious problem with your untitled. We > will have to untitle." > > Golfer: "I hit the untitliest today further than Tiger Woods!" > hmmm. > > Shouldn't it be non-title? > Untitle implies that there was once a title (tie and untie) and now there > isn't a title. Where'd it go? Who untitled it? > -- carol starr taos, new mexico, usa [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.CarolStarr.net
